Dortmund (1470-80) goldgulden Fr-855
This specimen was lot 3664 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €700 (about US$904 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSMÜNZSTÄTTE Friedrich III. 1440-1493. Goldgulden o. J. (nach 1451). GOLD. Sehr schön. (Germany, city of Dortmund, Frederick III, 1440-93. undated gold gulden. Very fine.)"
The gold issues of the city of Dortmund are few and expensive. This five century old issue is probably the least rare. Today, Dortmund is part of the Ruhr valley industrial complex; in the fifteenth century, Dortmund was an insignificant free city sandwiched between the county of Mark and the bishopric of Munster.
Recorded mintage: unknown but few.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, .110 troy oz AGW; this specimen is 3.23 g.
Catalog reference: Berghaus 111; Fr-855.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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